Research Guides: ENGL 215: Realism, Race, and Photography (HC) Fall 2017: Citation Guide

Citation Style Guides

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi; Modern Language Association of America Staff
ISBN: 9781603290241
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
The MLA's Handbook is a standard source for advice on formatting and documenting research in literature studies; it contains useful information on all matters pertaining to writing papers.
Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age by Diana Hacker; Barbara Fister
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ISBN: 0312566727
Publication Date: 2010-04-26
For information on the MLA (Modern Language Association) Style, see
MLA-in text citations
MLA works cited
MLA sample paper

Citing Archival Materials

Chicago Manual of Style
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The Chicago Manual of Style has information on citing manuscript material in sections 14.232-14.242.
Guide to Citing Archival Materials
A guide from Purdue's Special Collections.

Annotated Bibliographies

Guide to Annotated Bibliographies by the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
A guide on how and why to create annotated bibliographies, with examples of annotated citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago style.

Citation Builders

Son of Citation Machine
NCSU Citation Builder
APA and MLA only

Citation Manager

Zotero: The Tri-College Libraries recommend Zotero, a free online app that can format your bibliography, keep your citations organized, and even save your articles in the cloud so you can access them later from the library, home, or a café.